[paulandjean]

I asked the same question about golf cart tickets,a while back and nobody came forth. They have better things to do. If you are acting like a jerk ,sitting in your golf cart drinking you could get a ticket. However know of no one. I always park and have a couple of beers and listen to the music,and have never had a problem. I even sat there talking to police,drinking a beer and nothing "ever" came up in the discussion.Just "chillin" and having a beer.

[Irish Rover]

Just a heads up on the speedometer issue. When I'm in TV for my two months each year I use an APP called Limiteur (free). It is totally accurate and reliable, at least it is for me. YES, I did test it in a cart that also had a after market speedometer. It works on smart phones. Hope this helps someone.
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[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by memason

My understanding is that the multi-model paths are private property and law enforcement are not allow to ticket carts there. I believe there are some instances where they are allowed to ticket [ie obvious drunk driving], but speeding is not one of them....yet

Haven't read anything about this in a while, so I might be wrong.

Vehicle regulations do not apply to multi modal pathways and exempt from county or State regulations.. Law enforcement has authority only on the streets but this does include the marked golf cart lanes. Also remember when crossing a street from the Multi Modal pathways you are fair game.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

I asked the same question about golf cart tickets,a while back and nobody came forth. They have better things to do. If you are acting like a jerk ,sitting in your golf cart drinking you could get a ticket. However know of no one. I always park and have a couple of beers and listen to the music,and have never had a problem. I even sat there talking to police,drinking a beer and nothing "ever" came up in the discussion.Just "chillin" and having a beer.

Just because you weren't approached about the drinking while sitting in your cart in no way means that what you were doing was legal.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by travelguy

so far we have 3 pages of comments and not 1 actual instance of someone getting a ticket for a violation while driving a golf cart? this seems really strange.

I know someone that got a ticket. Does that count?

[gomoho]

Nope - heresay.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Nope - heresay.

What if I have an affidavit?

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by Regor

Ignorance of the laws is not an excuse. Carts have brakes, when going down hill you could always use them

Yea right! How do you know you are exceeding the speed limit in a cart without a speedometer? If ignorance of the law is no excuse how is it that lawyer offices and judges chambers are wall to wall law books? Don't they know all the laws as we are suppose to??????

[paulandjean]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

Just because you weren't approached about the drinking while sitting in your cart in no way means that what you were doing was legal.

So are you saying the police ignored the matter?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

I know someone that got a ticket. Does that count?

Please tell us about it.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

Yea right! How do you know you are exceeding the speed limit in a cart without a speedometer? If ignorance of the law is no excuse how is it that lawyer offices and judges chambers are wall to wall law books? Don't they know all the laws as we are suppose to??????

The cops will gladly inform you just how fast you were going as they write out the ticket It's no big deal to have a speedometer installed..

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by buggyone

The police do not have authority on the Multi-Modal trails (golf cart trails) since that is private property. They do have authority on the streets of The Villages.

However, the Developer has given police permission to cite carts on the Multi-Modal trails for drunken driving or endangerment if they see it. Get into a cart accident on one of the Multi-Modal trails and you do call the police.

I'm sort of laughing at how seriously my comment has been answered by a couple of posters. I was being sarcastic. I know full well that you're not going to see a cop set up with a radar gun sitting by the side of the golf cart trail What would he use as a chase car? A Smart?? No..probably not..A golf cart can go faster than a Smart!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Mack184

I'm sort of laughing at how seriously my comment has been answered by a couple of posters. I was being sarcastic. I know full well that you're not going to see a cop set up with a radar gun sitting by the side of the golf cart trail What would he use as a chase car? A Smart?? No..probably not..A golf cart can go faster than a Smart!

I've seen Motorcycle cops on golf cart trails more than once!

[Country Dreamer]

Originally Posted by westcoast

I would like to hear from someone you actually got a ticket.

My father-in-law received a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign while driving a golf cart. He had just come through the "hole in the wall" near the Savannah Center and a motorcycle sheriff was waiting near the speed bumps. Don't remember the exact amount of the fine, but it was in the hundreds.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by Mack184

I'm sort of laughing at how seriously my comment has been answered by a couple of posters. I was being sarcastic. I know full well that you're not going to see a cop set up with a radar gun sitting by the side of the golf cart trail What would he use as a chase car? A Smart?? No..probably not..A golf cart can go faster than a Smart!

Actually, the police do have a GEM car set up with lights and all that I have
seen in The Villages.